Chlamydia and Borrelia DNA in synovial fluid of patients with early undifferentiated oligoarthritis: Results of a prospective study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2679-2685

  Schnarr, S ^a   Putschky, N ^a   Jendro, M C ^a   Zeidler, H ^a   Hammer, M ^b   Kuipers, J G ^a   Wollenhaupt, J ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b St Josef Stift ^*  (Germany)

^c Allgemeines Krankenhaus Eilbek   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0035153142     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200111)44:11<2679::AID-ART447>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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